On This Day

Saturday, June 10, 1944

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 27 22 .551 --
Yankees 22 20 .524 1.5
Tigers 24 23 .511 2.0
White Sox 21 21 .500 2.5
Red Sox 23 23 .500 2.5
Indians 23 25 .479 3.5
Senators 22 24 .478 3.5
Athletics 20 24 .455 4.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 30 16 .652 --
Pirates 25 18 .581 3.5
Reds 25 20 .556 4.5
Giants 22 23 .489 7.5
Dodgers 22 24 .478 8.0
Blue Jays 20 24 .455 9.0
Braves 21 28 .429 10.5
Cubs 14 26 .350 13.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frankie Zak 4
2 Johnny Barrett 3
2 Bob Elliott 3
2 Frankie Gustine 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Walker Cooper 3
1 Bob Elliott 3
1 Danny Litwhiler 3
1 Stan Musial 3
5 2 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Walker Cooper 1
1 Vince DiMaggio 1
1 Danny Litwhiler 1
1 Frankie Zak 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mort Cooper 0.29
2 Ray Starr 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mort Cooper 1
1 Preacher Roe 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mort Cooper 2
1 Buck Fausett 2
1 Ray Starr 2
4 Bill Fleming 1
4 Preacher Roe 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .421
2 Stan Musial .365
3 Frenchy Bordagaray .337
4 Phil Weintraub .325
5 Augie Galan .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 14
2 Whitey Kurowski 8
3 Roy Cullenbine 7
3 Bill Nicholson 7
3 Butch Nieman 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howie Schultz 39
2 Phil Weintraub 36
3 Ray Sanders 31
3 Stan Spence 31
5 Vern Stephens 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Don Gutteridge 13
2 George Case 11
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 10
4 Ford Garrison 7
4 Joe Kuhel 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Munger 1.11
2 Johnny Gorsica 1.26
3 Dizzy Trout 1.31
4 Bucky Walters 1.40
5 Hal Newhouser 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bucky Walters 9
2 Hal Newhouser 8
2 Rip Sewell 8
4 Hank Borowy 7
4 3 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Kramer 56
2 Al Javery 53
2 Bill Voiselle 53
4 Max Lanier 52
5 Ken Raffensberger 51

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Caster 5
2 Ace Adams 4
2 Joe Berry 4
2 Ed Klieman 4
5 5 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .410
2 Gus Mancuso .371
3 Augie Galan .365
4 George Myatt .362
5 Buddy Kerr .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 9
2 Babe Dahlgren 6
3 Bill Nicholson 5
3 Butch Nieman 5
5 6 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Augie Galan 15
1 Mel Ott 15
1 Dixie Walker 15
4 Stan Spence 14
5 2 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Don Gutteridge 6
2 George Case 5
3 Oris Hockett 3
3 Jo-Jo White 3
5 13 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Gorsica 0.00
2 Russ Christopher 0.42
3 Dizzy Trout 0.48
4 Rip Sewell 0.69
5 Nate Andrews 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mort Cooper 3
1 Bill Dietrich 3
1 Clem Hausmann 3
1 Tex Hughson 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 23
2 Joe Page 18
2 Bill Voiselle 18
4 Claude Passeau 16
4 Allie Reynolds 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Xavier Rescigno 3
2 Joe Heving 2
2 Freddy Schmidt 2
4 Ace Adams 1
4 20 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dixie Walker .426
2 Stan Musial .361
2 Ray Sanders .361
4 Phil Weintraub .351
5 Frenchy Bordagaray .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 11
2 Bill Nicholson 7
3 Roy Cullenbine 6
3 Babe Dahlgren 6
3 Butch Nieman 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dom Dallessandro 25
2 Dixie Walker 23
3 Ed Levy 22
3 Bill Nicholson 22
3 Ray Sanders 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Don Gutteridge 9
2 George Case 7
2 Ford Garrison 7
4 Johnny Hopp 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Gorsica 0.60
2 Dizzy Trout 0.66
3 Steve Gromek 0.70
4 Rip Sewell 0.81
5 Red Munger 1.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Hughson 6
1 Rip Sewell 6
3 Hal Newhouser 5
3 Clyde Shoun 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ken Raffensberger 37
2 Max Lanier 35
3 Bobo Newsom 32
4 Jack Kramer 31
4 Joe Page 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ace Adams 4
2 Joe Berry 3
2 Lou Polli 3
2 Xavier Rescigno 3
2 Freddy Schmidt 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stan Musial .364
2 Dixie Walker .355
3 Bob Elliott .330
4 Billy Herman .329
5 Frenchy Bordagaray .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 35
2 Bill Nicholson 31
3 Mel Ott 28
4 Vern Stephens 24
5 Charlie Keller 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rudy York 130
2 Bill Nicholson 129
3 Nick Etten 102
4 Vern Stephens 98
5 2 tied 94

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 60
2 Wally Moses 54
3 Thurman Tucker 23
4 Don Gutteridge 22
5 2 tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 1.51
2 Max Lanier 1.70
3 Dizzy Trout 2.05
4 Rip Sewell 2.27
5 Nate Andrews 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rip Sewell 23
2 Dizzy Trout 22
3 Bucky Walters 21
4 Mort Cooper 19
5 5 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Allie Reynolds 182
2 Al Javery 161
3 Johnny Vander Meer 147
4 Max Lanier 144
5 2 tied 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Heving 12
1 Gordon Maltzberger 12
3 George Caster 11
4 Ace Adams 9
4 Mace Brown 9